APPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE ¼ cup butter 3 tablespoons baking powder 1 cup brown sugar 1/3 cup shortening 2 large baking apples 1/3 cup granulated sugar ½ cup seedless raisins 2 eggs, well beaten 1½ cups sifted cake flour ½ teaspoon vanilla ½ teaspoons salt 2/3 cup water Melt butter in skillet or baking pan. Add […]
Polish Doughnuts (Pączki) With this Tuesday being Fat Tuesday many American Polish communities celebrate it by eating Pączki (of course after having already celebrated Fat Thursday aka Tłusty Czwartek) This recipe is more of a plain doughnut but a filled version could easily be made. 1 level Tablespoon sugar 1 glass lukewarm milk 4 […]
Polish Mazurek Tea Cakes 1 1/2 cups sugar 2 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup soft butter 3 eggs 3 tablespoons heavy cream 1 1/4 cups golden raisins 1 pound pitted dates 1 cup chopped nuts juice of 1 orange and 1 lemon candied cherries pineapple, citron & orange peel 1 jigger rum […]